Odense

The city of Odense (Danish pronunciation: [ˈoðˀn̩sə] ( listen)) is the third largest city in Denmark. Odense City has a population of 167,615 (as of 1 January 2011 (2011 -01-01)) and is the main city of the island of Funen. It is the seat of Odense Municipality with a population of 191,400 (as of 1 October 2011 (2011 -10-01)) and was the seat of Odense County until 1970, and Funen County from 1970 until 1 January 2007, when the county became part of Region of Southern Denmark. Odense (from Odins Vé, meaning "Odin's shrine", referring to the god Odin of Denmark's indigenous Norse mythology), is one of the oldest cities of Denmark and had its 1000th anniversary in 1988. To celebrate this, a forest named "the Thousand Year Forest" (Danish:...